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W. R. KNOWLES.

HARNESS SADDLE.

188888 58. Patented June 5, 1888. A

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Mrs STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM R. KNOWLES, or COLUMBIANA, OHIO.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,956, dated June 5, 1888.

Application filed January 7,1888. Serial No. 260,048. (No model.)

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to harness-saddles, or, as frequently called, gigsaddles, and has for its object an improvement in said gig-saddles, whereby they may be made lighter and easier of manufacture.

The invention will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved harnesssaddle; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of part of a saddle on an enlarged scale. Figs. 3 and 4 are perspectives of the irons shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a plan of the upper iron, and Fig. 6 is alike view of the lower iron.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters marked thereon, A represents the jockey; B, the pad; C, the housing; D, the skirt; E, the saddle, and F the thill-bearer.

The principal feature in my present invention is in the means employed for securing the jockey, the skirt, and the pad together, and for supporting the thillbearer. A plate, G, is provided with a series of holes, a, to re ceive the shank of a terret, b, and a hole, 0, for the pad-screw d to pass through, a pro jeeting lug, e, and a head, f, on which are formed transverse arnis gg, depending flanges h h, and a pin, 1', which passes through a hole in the end of the thill-bearer.

H is an under piece or plate of metal, with which the plate Gr engages, and is provided with holes k, which coincide with the holes a and Z, which register with the holes 0 in said plate, and a slot, m, through which the nuts for the terret and pad-screw are inserted and.

lug e passes, and bearing upon the lower wall, a, of said slot, or against the upper end of the nut of the pad-screw, forms a support for the weight of the thills.

I11 the center ofthe piece H, and on the lower side, is formed a groove or chamber, 0, to receive the nutsp q of the terret and the pad screw, and on the upper side is a projection,

r, which extends'through the skirt D when the parts are put together, as shown in Fig. 2.

The head f of the plate G forms a handsome finish to the saddle, the jockey A terminating at its upper end and the transverse arms g 9 covering the ends of the jockey, while the flanges h h limit the movement of the thillbearer and hide the end thereof.

The horizontal flanges s on the piece H are provided with holes t, for securing it to the housing of the saddle, and with a groove or seat, to, with which the pin i on the plate G engages for securing the plate against lateral displacement by sudden thrusts upon the thillbearer.

In putting a saddle together a piece is cut out of the housing to let the projection 011 the upper side of the metal piece H pass through and form an even hearing or seatfor the skirt D. The nuts are protected by a thin strip of metal or leather, 1), and prevented from cutting the hair of the pad. To the saddle E is secured a rein-guard, w, which is held in position by the bolt :15, which fastens the reinhook y to the saddle.

The plates may be made of any suitable metal and finished in a high style of art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I elai m is- '1. In a harness saddle, the plate for supporting a thill-bearer, provided with a head having transversearms,flanges dependingfrom each side of the head for limiting the move ment of the thill-bearer, and a pin projecting from the under side of said head for engagement with a hole in the thill-bearer, in combination with a plate separate from the tree,

having a groove to receive the nuts of the terret and padscrew, substantially as described.

2. In a harness-saddle, the plate for supporting a thill-bearer, provided with a head having flanges depending from each side of the head for limiting the movement of the thillbearer, and a pin projecting from the under side of said head for engagement with a hole in the thill-bearer, in combination with a plate separate from the tree, having a seat to receive said pin and secure it against lateral displacement, and a groove for the reception of the nuts of the terret and pad screws, substantially as described.

3. In a harness-saddle, the plate for sup porting a thill-bearer, provided with a head having flanges depending from each side of the head for limiting the movement of the thillbearer, a pin projecting from the under side of said head for engagement with the thill-bearer, and a lug on the under side of the plate, in

combination withaplate separatefrointhetree, having a slot to receive the lug on the upper plate and a groove to receive the nutsof the i5 terret and the pad-screw, and a thill-bearer having a hole in it to engage wit-h said pin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. KNOVLES. Vitnesses:

B. RENKENBERGER, HENSON GORE. 

